Wednesday night, longtime local radio personality Heidi Tauber was killed in a crash on I-405. According to news reports, she entered the freeway going the wrong way on a ramp and struck a Freightliner truck head-on, and was killed instantly.

Heidi was a friend and a progressive. She was Thom Hartmann's initial co-host when he launched a local morning show on KPOJ back in April 2005. Later, she was part of the "Thom, Carl, and Heidi" morning crew when the morning program was in transition to make room for Thom to do a national show.

Oregonian columnist Steve Duin has said that her radio voice was "a '97 Brunello in the land of Two Buck Chuck" - and he's right. But it wasn't just her voice. It was the personality that shone through - both on KPOJ and in earlier incarnations, most notably with Les Sarnoff on KINK.

To the Oregon Legislature:

Enough is enough. Twice in two years, reasonable gun safety proposals have not even received a vote in the Oregon Legislature. No solution is perfect, but we must act now to save lives. We ask you to commit now to passing reasonable gun safety laws at your next opportunity.

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To the Oregon Legislature:

Enough is enough. Twice in two years, reasonable gun safety proposals have not even received a vote in the Oregon Legislature. No solution is perfect, but we must act now to save lives. We ask you to commit now to passing reasonable gun safety laws at your next opportunity.

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This petition sponsored by BlueOregon and Oregon NOW. By signing, you agree to receive email updates from BlueOregon and Oregon NOW about this petition and other critical issues. (You may always unsubscribe, of course.) Learn more.